Updating Emacs without installing X?

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

Your Name wrote:

>i have a server that's running FreeBSD 4.7 and the
>security patches are up to date but most software
>hasn't been upgraded in a long time. im trying to do
>some basic maintenance and there are some problems.
>
>First i want to upgrade Emacs from an older version,
>but when i try to do this from ports it starts trying
>to 
>install a whole bunch of X stuff. This is just a
>server box, and i dont want to have _any_ X running on
>it. Is
>there a way i can get Emacs current? i didn't
>originally set this machine up, but Emacs is installed
>from Ports
>and theres no X on the machine, so i dont know how it
>was
>originally done.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jen
>  
>

Emacs requires XFree libraries, and I think imake,
in order to build and run.  You're not going to be
"running" X just because some libraries are installed,
although you may want to keep an eye on the project's
site to hear if "security holes" are found, just as you
should/do with any other 3rd party software you use.

Now, a good question might be "Why?"  I don't have
any idea, myself.  But that's just the way EMACS is:

     "_E_ight _M_egs _A_nd _C_onstantly _S_wapping"

:-D

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.